Rev. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gesellschaft. In fact, after the removal of Rev. Martin Stephan, Rev. Walther became probably the most prominent leader of this group. He went on to become the first President of what would later be called the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. … More Maybe They Should Have Been Named Law and Gospel
A while back we posted an article titled, Twin Twins. Today, amazingly, we have a story of triple twins. I started thinking that I might do a story about two sets of twins that were born on December 13th twenty-eight years apart from one another. That was until I found out about how a woman … More Triple Twins
It’s another birthday for twins. This time, we will begin our story with the birth of Rudolph and Reinhold Schirmer on December 5, 1908. Their parents were Martin Manuel and Emma (Holt) Schirmer of Altenburg. Martin and Emma had been married in New Wells, Missouri in 1906. Over the years, Martin was involved in several … More The Roller Mills of Rudy, Reinhold, and Martin
As a grandfather of a pair of twins, I am usually attracted by stories involving twins. This is definitely one of those…..with a curiosity or two. First of all, I noticed that there was a Ludwig (Louis) Boehme who married Louisa (Lulu) Lottes on November 19, 1901. I must admit that the thought of a … More Twin Twins
The story I tell today is almost too sad to tell, but sometimes I guess you just have to tell it like it is. The story comes out of the family of the Johann Martin Traugott Fiehler family that lived in Uniontown, Missouri. Traugott was part of the Fiehler family about which we wrote in … More 26 Days Together
Today’s story really sent me on several different paths with quite unusual results. A woman in a position occupied mostly by men. Some interesting baptismal sponsors. A mistake made in transcribing a church record. Deaths and an immigration with significant timing. A return to Altenburg. This post will be full of records that are part … More A Woman on the Building Committee?
Yesterday, our blog post was about Nora Schmidt. In that article, it was noted that Nora was born on October 9, 1901. Nora is shown in the above photograph standing between her mother and father. Several months ago, there was another blog post about a pair of Lorenz twins….Together in Birth and Death. They were … More Where is Nora?
Today’s story is another one about a pair of East Perry County twins. Maybe stories about twins attract my attention more than others because I am the grandfather of a pair of twin girls. We have already done several posts about twins. One of those was titled, Together in Birth and Death. Today’s story could … More The Palisch Twins
Dena Dobberphul was born on June 25, 1887. That is not a Perry County name, and you might wonder what connection Dena has to this place. Well, in 1908, Dena married Martin Hemmann, and that certainly is a Perry County name. Martin was a great grandson of J.G. Hemmann who we wrote about a few … More Dakota Hemmanns
Today’s story begins with twin daughters being born on June 2, 1848, but we have to backtrack a little to set the scene. Below is the marriage record of Juliane Kuehnert and Johann Christian Friedrich Saalfeld on August 5, 1845 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. As near as I can tell, this was the … More Twins…..Only One Survives
